Foraging in Forest Park - July 04, 2001

Foraging in Forest Park, Queens. Based on a tour given by "Wildman" Steve Brill.


1: Burdock.
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2: Burdock root.
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3: Wood sorrel.
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4: Common nightshade - Poisonous.
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5: Plantain.
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6: Wineberry. A couple weeks too early.
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7: Garlic mustard seeds.
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8: Garlic mustard seeds.
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9: Poison ivy.
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10: Wineberry.
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11: Burdock, 2nd year.
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12: Berkeley's polypore mushroom. Too old to eat. Now tough and bitter.
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13: Berkeley's polypore mushroom. Too old to eat. Now tough and bitter.
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14: Most likely a winter polypore, Polyporus brumalis, a non-edible species.
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15: Turkey tail mushroom. Not edible.
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16: Common spice bush. Berries not ready until Fall. Can crush leaves and make tea.
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17: Common spice bush. Berry closeup.
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18: Jewelweed patch.
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19: Jewelweed close up. See the jewels sparkle?
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20: Red cracked bolete.
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21: Two color cracked bolete. Choice.
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22: Another bolete. Turning blue quickly. No good to eat.
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23: Two color bolete. Turns blue slowly.
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24: Two color bolete. Turns blue slowly.
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25: Earth ball mushroom. Will be black insider. Poisonous. (Push ball are white inside.)
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26: Plater file mushroom. Terrible tasting.
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27: Indian pipe. Not edible. No chlorophyl. So is white. Is parasitic.
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28: Milky mushroom. One of the best mushrooms, says Wildman.
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29: Milky mushroom.
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30: Milky mushroom.
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31: Fawn mushroom. Awful tasting.
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32: Russula mushroom.
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33: Chanterelle.
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34: Artist's conk mushroom. Too tough to eat. Can stratch on it and draw.
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35: Small garlic mustard.
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36: Black birch. Chew on twigs. Like wintergreen.
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37: Black birch. Chew on twigs. Like wintergreen.
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38: Grape leaves.
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39: Black raspberry. Stem has bluish powder on it.
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40: Black raspberry closeup.
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41: Chicken mushroom.
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42: Sassafras tree trunk.
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43: Sassafras leaves.
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44: Berkeley's polypore.
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45: Blushers, amanetas. Don't eat, as it is too close to a deadly one.
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46: Red cracked bolete.
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47: Two colored bolete. Choice.
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48: Russula. Tasteless.
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49: Amanita. White variation of cleft foot. Turns brown. Very poisonous.
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50: Chestnut bolete. Doesn't turn color. Can eat.
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51: Green quilted russula. Good to eat.
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52: Bitter boletes.
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53: Red mouthed bolete. Makes you sick.
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54: Pokeweed. Edible in Spring if prepared properly.
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55: Chicken mushrooms.
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56: Chicken mushrooms.
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57: Chicken mushrooms.
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58: Immature black walnut.
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59: Mulberry.
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60: Mulberry. Closeup.
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61: Sweet cicely. A little late in the year with ..?
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62: Sweet cicely. A closeup.
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